School normal areas are defined geographical areas made up of the area around a school. They are sometimes informally called "catchment areas". The normal areas have been carefully mapped based on information agreed with schools.

Not all schools have normal areas. Some schools share part or all of their normal area with other schools. A few Derbyshire schools have normal areas which extend into neighbouring authorities and similarly some areas of Derbyshire are within the normal areas of schools in neighbouring authorities.

You should be aware that unless you are zoomed in to the appropriate level, the normal area boundaries may appear misleading as the screen may not be able to display them at a high enough resolution to show all the necessary detail when you are viewing a larger area.